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...long time, I felt that the prophecy would never be fulfilled, that the ancient tales of the coming of the true kings to establish a lasting peace in the baseball world was naught but fantasy. For my fellow undergraduates at Harvard and I have known nothing but repression and fear throughout our formative years. We have been living in the “Time of Bonds,” an era when pitchers cannot openly practice their craft for fear of reprisals from the tyrannical despotism of bat-borne power. It is a power wielded by those hitters who, like...
...want them to] leverage the legacy and move forward to the future, continue the focus on community service and balance it with political action, and establish the BMF nationally,” Owusu-Kesse said...
Many CIA officials agree that Yurchenko's handlers failed to establish a strong bond with their client. Though few believe Yurchenko took away any U.S. secrets other than a firsthand account of how the CIA conducts debriefings, the episode is still deeply embarrassing to Casey, who acted as the defector's top case officer and wrote personal memos about him to Reagan. Though the CIA plans to complete an internal inquiry about what went wrong in about six weeks, there are no White House plans for a separate investigation. Casey, however, is certain to face tough grilling on the Hill...
...outlined the conditions necessary for the elections to be considered free and fair. Among them were 1) "professional" behavior by the Philippine military, meaning political neutrality; 2) an impartial supervising election commission; and 3) independent civilian observers. Said State Department Spokesman Charles Redman: "If elections are to re-establish confidence, then it is essential that they be credible to the Philippine people...
...Belli thinks his case has been strengthened by court rulings in somewhat similar suits outside the tobacco industry. In the past, plaintiffs had to prove that a manufacturer was negligent in making its products. Recently, though, courts have allowed plaintiffs to collect damages without such proof. They need only establish that a manufacturer has made a defective product...